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India looks to young blood to shoot down trap slump
For the first time since 1992, India could be without an Olympic quota in trap, but recent performances of juniors show positive developments.
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NRAI to ask Tokyo shooters' families to sign bonds; wants to control sponsors
NRAI president Raninder Singh has proposed novel ways to ensure the participants face fewer distractions ahead of Tokyo Games.
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Manu Bhaker, Elavenil Valarivan, Divyansh Singh Panwar win gold at ISSF World Cup Final
India top the medal standings after the penultimate day of competition with three golds.
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Is the CWG a substandard competition compared to the Asian Games?
IOA chief Narinder Batra claimed India should pull out of the CWG as it was a substandard competition in comparison to the Asian Games. ESPN crunches the numbers to examine this notion.
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Shooting won't return to CWG 2022: CGF
Shooting will not be added to the roster of the 2022 Birmingham Games despite Indian Olympic Association's boycott threat, a CGF official said.
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Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, India's perfect skeet shooter
India's second skeet shooter to win a gold medal at any continental or world event now has an Olympic quota against his name.
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Shooting - India win three more quota places for Tokyo 2020
Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, Angad Singh and Mairaj Ahmad took India's quota tally to 15, its best-ever haul.
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Veteran Tejaswini Sawant nears unfulfilled Olympic dream
Tejaswini Sawant's Olympic dream looks closer than ever after she grabbed an Olympic quota at the Asian Shooting Championships.
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Bhaker: Saurabh and I were always on top in the last 12 months
India's 10m air pistol shooter Manu Bhaker reflects on a successful year.
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Final decision on CWG boycott to be taken by govt - Sports Minister
Kiren Rijiju did say, however, that he stood behind the sentiment of the IOA over its wish to boycott the 2022 Games due to the omission of shooting.
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By the numbers - Indian shooters hit bulls-eye as Saurabh Chaudhary, Manu Bhaker shatter records
India recorded its best-ever medal haul at a single edition of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro after winning golds in both the mixed team events to end with five golds and nine medals.
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Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary win fourth gold; India record best-ever WC medal haul
India recorded its best ever medal haul at a shooting World Cup by winning gold in the 10m air rifle mixed team and 10m air pistol mixed team on the final day of competition in Rio de Janeiro on Monday.
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Deepak Kumar secures Olympic quota with Doha bronze
Deepak Kumar secured India's tenth Tokyo Olympic quota in shooting after winning the men's 10m air rifle bronze medal at the Asian Championships.
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Shooting World Cup: Yashaswini Singh Deswal wins 10m air pistol gold
India's Yashaswini Singh Deswal won gold in the women's 10m air pistol event, further clinching an Olympic quota, at the ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janiero on Saturday.
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Elavenil, Narang's mentor-trainee partnership clicks, promises more
Elavenil Valarivan, 20, is only the fifth Indian woman to have won a World Cup gold medal but Olympic medallist and mentor Gagan Narang wants her to aim higher.
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Gold medallist Abhishek Verma savouring hobby he's 'somehow become really good at'
Abhishek Verma began devoting more time to shooting just over two years ago. Now, he has two World Cup gold medals and an Olympic quota place to his name.
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Abhishek Verma wins 10m air pistol gold, Sanjeev Rajput wins 50m rifle 3 positions silver at Rio World Cup
While Rajput also won an Olympic quota for India in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions event, Saurabh Chaudhary continued his stellar year by winning a bronze in the men's 10m air pistol.
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India's Elavenil Valarivan wins 10m air rifle gold at Rio de Janeiro World Cup
India's Elavenil Valarivan won gold in the women's 10m air rifle event at the ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janiero on Wednesday.
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Jaspal Rana ignored for Dronacharya Award after none of his proteges declared him as coach
None of Rana's proteges, including Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary, mentioned him as their mentor in official records, according to a selection panel member for the awards.
Deepa Malik, Bajrang Punia nominated for Khel Ratna
Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Malik was on Saturday nominated for the country's highest sporting honour -- the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award -- along with Asian and Commonwealth Games champion wrestler Bajrang Punia.
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Should India boycott CWG 2022? Here's what our athletes say
ESPN speaks to athletes across a cross-section of other sports over which side of the CWG boycott call they're on
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CWG officials to meet IOA in next few months over boycott threat
While CWG organizers remain hopeful of a resolution, IOA and the Indian shooting fraternity has questioned the hosts' rationale behind dropping the sport from 2022 Games.
Olympic Sports
Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Who are India's best medal prospects?
ESPN looks at five prospective Indian athletes who hold the promise of a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Heena Sidhu calls for timeout one year before Olympics
While other athletes might be spending hours, putting in the rounds downrange, the 29-year-old two-time Olympian has stepped away from her sport for a break to avoid mental fatigue.
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Two more Olympic quotas, Bhaker's form key takeaways from Munich
India's mixed team success and the individual brilliance of Saurabh Chaudhary and Apurvi Chandela were among the other positives for India in its best ever World Cup showing.
